Presenter: Tammy Worcester

Tammy has some great web tools for teachers and librarians to use. See her list here.  Some of her favorites are del.icio.us, iGoogle, a cool newspaper clipping generator that puts your text into an actual newspaper clipping, an online timer and a random word picker that will let you enter students’ names and choose them at random. Click on the list for links to these and more.

Trick #1 – Use Google advanced search to find powerpoint presentations that have been posted online. Enter .ppt in the Extensions box.

Time-saving shortcuts for MS Office, Firefox, and Mac OS X are here. These are keyboard shortcuts that make use of the CTRL (PC) or Command/Option (Mac) keys.

Trick #2 – You can set up shortcuts to favorite web sites in Firefox and include search terms in the location box. This will take you to the site and do your search all at once. To do this, go to a favorite site, save it as a bookmark, then choose properties. For more detailed directions go here.

Trick #3 – On a Mac, two fingers on the trackpad will scroll up and down. Tapping with two fingers is the same as a right click on the PC.

Tammy’s Favorite Computer Activities
has PowerPoint, Excel, and other projects for students.

Trick #4 – In Excel, you can filter and just look at one set of data at a time. From the Data Menu, choose AutoFilter…

Trick #5 – Change color photos to Black and White in PowerPoint by using the Show Picture toolbar and choosing grayscale.

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